A man has been arrested after a 13-year-old girl was imprisoned, beaten, sexually assaulted and burned with a lighter in America.

Arnold Quintero, 21, from San Antonio, Texas faces a string of charges after the girl told police she was punched and forced to undress in front of her attacker.

He faces two charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child, one of sex performed by a child under 14, bodily injury to a child, evading arrest and possession with intent to deliver, according to the Houston Chronicle.

The girl was interviewed by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division last month, according to the arrest warrant statement.

She said she had been held in a 'trap' house between January 21 and February 8 and was punched in the face, resulting in black eyes and a bleeding nose. A 'trap house' is a term normally used to define a crack house, or a place where drugs are sold.

The girl told police a lighter was held to the side of her face, burning her.